Razer Barracuda Pro Wireless Review

This mic has a customizable noise handling performance, thanks to the robust settings in their companion app. Using the USB Dongle with the Microphone Voice Gate and the Microphone Noise Cancellation features off, the integrated mic has fair noise handling. It has some trouble separating your voice from moderate ambient noise, so if you're taking a call from a busy street, your voice may be difficult to hear clearly. It shouldn't be much of a problem if you're gaming in your home. You can see a graph of the difference in the mic's ANC when set to off, low, and high here.

Their companion software offers a feature called 'Voice Gate' that can help separate your voice from moderate ambient noise. The app also offers a 'Mic ANC' feature, which is supposed to help cut down background noise when you're using the mic. There's a difference in mic performance, depending on what you're connected to and the mic ANC setting selected. You can see a graph of the difference in the mic's ANC when set to off, low, and high here. For pink noise, you can hear the following: PC via Bluetooth, PC via USB dongle with mic ANC set to 'Low', PC via USB dongle with mic ANC set to 'High', and iPhone 11 via Bluetooth with mic ANC set to 'High'. With the mic ANC set to 'High', the pink noise is pretty much absent from the PC and iPhone recordings. However, the noise is present in the PC via Bluetooth recording, as you can't select a mic ANC mode using this connection, as well as when mic ANC is set to 'Low'.

You can also hear the Razer Barracuda Pro's subway noise recordings with the following settings: PC via Bluetooth, PC via USB dongle with mic ANC set to 'Low', PC via USB dongle with mic ANC set to 'High', and iPhone 11 via Bluetooth with mic ANC set to 'High'. With the Razer Barracuda Pro's mic ANC set to 'High', both the PC and iPhone recordings have very little background noise present. However, at the peak of the subway noise, the voice becomes distant and hard to hear. In the PC via Bluetooth recording, the subway noise is present throughout the entire track. However, when the mic ANC is set to 'Low', subway noise only becomes very noticeable at the peak of the noise.